of westfield



@eine gitana @anni @frn Letters Patent No. 79,776, elated July 7, 1868.

'rariteiten WHIP-HOLDER.

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To A'LL wHoM 1T MAY eoNoERN:

I Be it known that'I, A; C. RAND, .of Westfield, in thc county-0f Hampden, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented anew and'improved Whip-Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full an'd exact description thereof, reference being hadtothe accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in'which- Y Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form pf said holder, and `Figure 2 is a portion of the base, showing the slots into which the spring-bows are inserted. Figures 3 and 4 are perspective 4views of other forms of'holders.

The natre of my invention consists in forming a-holder, which will .grasp and hold the lash or body of a I Vwhip when the latter is thrust into it, and is also applicable to the grasping and retaining of other small articles like canes, -tc.,` and maybe applied in diminutive form asa paper-holder. v

.It consists of a base of wood', or other cheap material, which is fastened to the wall or other support, and which is provided with `bows madeof whalebone,.rattan, wire, or other suitable elastic material, which are set in the'base'in such a way as to present a series of curved ends, which tend to direct the lash of the whip, when Vstruck against them, into the'space between the adjacent bows, where it is grasped and securely'held by the pressure of such adjacent parts. If wire he used 'forpconstructing the bows, I have found thciattened and thread-covered steel-wire, known ashoop-skirt'wire, to be preferable.

The construction'of my invention is as follows: v 'I In the form of holder shown in g. 1, the base, B, 'and plate B are made in a curved form,I with feet at the ends to res't against the wa'll or supportyto which the holder is fastenedv by screws at c c. In the part B are c ut the slots e'e, into which the ends of the spring-bows A A are tightly crowded, and' the cap or plate BVis then screwed to the hase, B, and the holder is ready for use.

I t is evident that the adjacent legsfof the"springbows will bc forced snugly' together at A A', and that any object like a whip, whip-lash, or cane, when struck against any one oi' the bows, will be deflected into the space at A', and will be caught and held fast by the pressureof the legs. u

. Fig. 3 shows another form of the holder, in'which the base is formed ofV aps-ingle piece of wood, fitted for fastening to the wall or support, but without any cap; Openings are made in thebase at D' D', to receive the' ends of the bows. In Ythis forni two bows, C C, are applied to cach opening,- D, the ends of the four legs being inserted at D, and firmly fastened in the hase, D, with glue or otherwisef In this form I prefer to make two rows of openings D D', at a little distance-apart, so 'that an opening, D', in thehrear row will be midway between two'openings in the front row, but slightly back of theui. The adjacent legs of the bows, which grasp and retairi'the article in this caser, are at C C". v

`In iig. d appears another form of holder, in which the ends of two bows E E, and one end of a third bow, E', are inserted in each opening h. v

'lhe arrangement of the bows may, ot' course, be (varied according to fancy, while the feature of,springbows, having the ends set in a base, would still be retained. A

Another modification of my invention is shown in red lines in figs, l and 2, where the slots forl `t-he'reception' of the legs of the springs, instead of being cut or made transversely across the base, B, are cuter made obliquely across it, a's shown at 'n n', fig; 2, so that when the legs of two adjacent springs are insertcdtherein, they ixnpinge against each other atfA,-but diverge before 'they reach the base, B, the l'eg z' entering the sl'ot'n, and the leg t" entering the slot n. v Y

This modification of my invention is designed, and is particularlyapplicablo for use in ybilliard--rooms for cue-racks, as, when the base, B, is secured to thctwall ata suitable height, the small cndof a cue is thrust against and between the bows A A, and it forces the legs A A asuudcr, l and enters the space between the divergent parts it" ofthe said legs, and the-butt of the cue is then placedupon its rest, commonly used for that purpose.`

There is much manifest advantage in this arrangement vover the one now commonly used, for it is always a matter of more or less diiiculty to place the point of the cue in the small hole made for that purpose inthe cue-racks now in use. v

Another modification of my invention is shown in iig. 5, in which H is a base, with pieces of wood inserted between the springs, or on the side of each spring m, so that the legs 'nn of the spring-bows, instead of impinging against each other, 'impinge against the wood Z, and if any article be placed between the leg n and wood Z, they are held firmly by the pressure of the-springs against or towards the wood l.

This feature of my invention may be applied with advantage as a paper-holder or paper-file, in which case any number of said springsmay be used without departing fromthc principle of its operation.

I am aware that various devicesin the nature of pen-racks have beenconstructed, in which the pen-holder is grasped by adjacent springs of sheet metal, but that device diiers essentially from my invention in regardto the form and construction of the springs, as mine have a continuous eurved surface at their outer end, so that the whipvlash or other article, when. struck at random against the springs or hows, will be deflected into the space between the legs of the bows,.and there'held.

As the device, when used as a whipfholder, will be secured to the wall at a distance from the floor, to accommodate the larger-sized whips, it is evident that this feature is animportant part of the invention.

I do n ot claim broadly a set of springs inserted in .r base, but I believe that springs bent 'in the form of bows, as described, and inserted in a base, and secured therein, are new'- and valuable, as in this form they can 4be furnished very much cheaper than anytdevicefor the same purpose now made..

Having thus described my invention, what I ,claimas new, and'ldesire to secure by Letters Patent, is The combinationjot` the base-with the springs bentin the form of bows, as described, and secured therein,

all constructed and operating substantially 'as describechand for the purposes herein set forth.

A. C. RAND.y Witnesses: v

T. A. CURTIS, GEO. G. MsnnIcK. 

